GLOBAL - BASF intends to consolidate all of its pigments activities into a new global business unit (GBU) effective January 2016. Following that, BASF intends to carve out its pigments business and establish separate legal entities in the second half…

SINGAPORE – The Singapore government will conduct a public consultation with relevant stakeholders at the end of 2015 to determine whether it should implement a new regulation for plain cigarette packaging.

US – Liquid Light, which develops and licenses process technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally-abundant carbon dioxide, has signed a technology development agreement with The Coca-Cola Company that targets further and faster development of the latter’s PlantBottle packaging…

CHINA – Xerium Technologies Inc has completed the US$60 million restructuring of its Chinese business, which includes the construction and revamp of two plants, new headquarters shift, and a new supply chain; enhancing its ability to locally serve customers in…

TAIWAN – Swedish paper and paperboard material and packaging manufacturer Iggesund Paperboard is enhancing its distribution service in Asia to shorten lead times and thereby provide Asian customers with better service.

VIETNAM – With its eye on Vietnam’s fast growing economy and the resulting emergence of its packaging sector as one of the key industries, Bobst is reaching out to build relationships with domestic customers.

Sustainability Matters

US – Liquid Light, which develops and licenses process technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally-abundant carbon dioxide, has signed a technology development agreement with The Coca-Cola Company that targets further and faster development of the latter’s PlantBottle packaging program.

CHINA - The China Forest Certification Council (CFCC) has announced that the Chinese Government has passed and is enacting immediately its new national forest certification regulations, which set out the scope, framework, and requirements for all forest certifications operating in China.

INDIA - The Indian government has introduced draft Plastic Waste management and handling legislation, that when implemented before the end of 2015, will ban all non-compostable or biodegradable plastic packaging.

SWEDEN - Greiner Packaging and Husqvarna have joined forces implement the new Husqvarna Combi can design: an innovative oil/gasoline container that yields numerous benefits both in production as well as in use.

US - 22 years since the iconic Barbasol Shaving Cream can appeared in the original Jurassic Park film as a vessel for smuggling dinosaur embryos, Perio Inc – the parent company of Barbasol – has introduced two unique, limited-edition shaving cream cans to represent and support Steven Spielberg’s new Jurassic World film.

VIETNAM – Viet Hung Packaging Co Ltd, one of the largest packaging companies in north Vietnam, attributes the tremendous success it has enjoyed since it was established just a little over a decade ago in 2003 to two factors: its high quality standard and flexibility in meeting print buyers’ demands.

GERMANY - To give food producers more versatility and performance, Bosch Packaging Technology has fully redesigned its Delta robotic packaging portfolio, basing it on an open frame platform that features the latest GD series Delta robot to offer modular and standardized robotic solutions with application-specific options.